Two Arrested in Weapons & Drug Traffic Stop

A 32 year old male was charged on the weekend with a number of weapons and drug-related charges in connection to a vehicle stop. A 34 year old male was arrested from the same vehicle on unrelated warrants.

On Saturday, August 16, 2014, at approximately 10:00 p.m., police attended to the area of the 600 block Arthur Street for reported gun shots by two complainants. Officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle leaving the area and located drugs, money and weapons (baton, machete, a gun safe) in the vehicle and arrested the two occupants of the vehicle. Police and Canine checked the area but no other suspects were located.

Thirty-two year-old Andrew James PITTMAN, DOB: 1982-10-10, of Regina is charged with Carrying Concealed Weapon [90 CC], Possession of a Weapon [88 CC], and three charges of Possession of a Scheduled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking [5(2) CDSA]. Thirty-four year-old Robert Taylor KRAUSHAAR, DOB: 1980-08-10, of Regina, was arrested on unrelated warrants and will be scheduled to appear in Provincial Court on Monday, September 22, 2014 at 9:00am. PITTMAN appeared in Provincial Court at 9:30am on Monday, August 18, 2014.